A traffic jam is an ugly thing, but at the hands of Spanish artist Maider Lopez, a traffic jam art installation becomes strangely beautiful nestled in the foothills of Mount Aralar.
Ataskoa or traffic jam, was an art installation to replicate a traffic jam in the hills of Intza, Navarre, Spain.
The artist asked for volunteers to participate in the traffic jam art installation via public announcements on newspapers, radios and flyers in September 2005. The result was 160 cars, approximately 425 people that participated in the 4-hour traffic jam. Volunteers directed traffic, served lunch and photographed and filmed the traffic jam from different angles.
“A traffic jam was caused in a place where there are normally none,” explains the artist. “The cars were distributed on arrival by color and position along the road, giving rise to a sort of absurd “Waiting for Godot” Sunday in the hills.”
Photos of the installation are currently on display at the Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón, Spain for the exhibition AUTO. SUENO Y MATERIA from May to September 2009.
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